Celine Brun-Lie

Celine Marie Knudtzon Brun-Lie (born 18 March 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier.

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Junior World Ski Championships, recorded a fourth place at the 2007 Junior World Ski Championships and won a gold medal in relay at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. She made her World Cup debut in March 2007 in Stockholm, with a twentieth place. She recorded her first top-ten result in December 2007, with a tenth place in Rybinsk, and finished on the podium for the first time in December 2008, when she finished second in the sprint race in Davos. She also competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, recording a twelfth place in the sprint.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she reached the finals of both her events, coming sixth in the Individual Sprint and fifth (with Astrid Jacobsen) in the Team Sprint.

She represents the sports club Njård IL, She is a student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has three siblings and speaks Norwegian, English, and French.

In February 2015, Brun-Lie announced that she was retiring from top-level skiing after the 2015 season, aiming to complete her civil engineer studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2010 21 — — — 6 — 5

World Championships Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2009 20 — — — 11 — — 2011 22 — — — 14 — — 2013 26 — — — 24 — — 2015 28 — — — 9 — —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2007 19 92 — 58 — 2008 20 63 — 44 — — 2009 21 27 57 9 — 26 2010 22 33 42 17 23 2011 23 38 14 — 40 2012 24 82 58 — — 2013 25 25 52 6 29 — 24 2014 26 42 73 16 30 — 35 2015 27 26 7 —

Individual podiums

8 podiums – (5 , 3 )

Team podiums

5 podiums – (5 )